How did the adoption of the Bill of Rights address Anti-Federalist criticism?

• Protecting citizens from abuses of power by the federal government

• Allowed the federal government to make money

• It provided a way to elect the president

What was a major complaint during the debate over the ratification of the constitution?

• The lack of a bill of rights

• The executive branch being too weak

• Lack of strong central government

Immediately after the Constitution was ratified, slave states were allowed to use the slaves to represent 3/5ths of the population for representation in Congress. So, in the 1790 census, slave states had an increase in representation. Why did the population for slave states rise in Congress?

• ENSLAVED persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Citizens in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.

• Only three-fifths of enslaved peoples in each state were eligible to vote.

As a result of the three-fifths compromise, which of the following statements is true?

• Southern states gained more influence in the House of Representatives.

• Slavery was declared unconstitutional and outlawed in the US.

• Enslaved persons in the South earned the right to participate in the electoral process.

The inclusion of which phrase in the Preamble of the Constitution was motivated by Shay's Rebellion?

• "...insure domestic tranquility..."

• "...form a more perfect union..."

• "...promote the general welfare..."

• "...secure the blessings of liberty..."

Under the Northwest Ordinance, which of the following was a requirement for territories applying for statehood?

• A territory had to draft it's Constitution and have 60,000 settlers before it could apply for statehood.

• A territory needed elected officials in every one of it's towns before it could apply for statehood.

• A territory had to be established for at least 10 years before it could apply for statehood.

Use the information to complete the following statement.

The 1783 Treaty of Paris was significant to the United States because_____

• It gave the United States control of the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains.

• It gave the Unted States control over the Tennessee River and the Atlantic Ocean.

• It gave the United States control over the Colorado River and the Pacific Ocean.

What was one of the most important factors when American Indians decided which side to support during the American Revolution?

• Which side was less likely to expand colonial territiories

• Which side was more likely to give them citizenship

• Which side was more likely to trade fairly with them

Use the quote to answer the following question:

"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it. Which obliges everyone: and reason, which is that law teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, and possessions..."

Which two key principles in the Declaration of Independence are reflected in this quote?

• The principles of the consent of the governed and natural rights

• The principles of majority rule

• The principles of direct democracy and the rights of women

In "Common Sense", Thomas Paine made a case for American Independence on which grounds?

• British leaders had little regard for the concerns of the colonists.

• British institutions were not providing military aid.

• British institutions did not like the colonists.